Re: [Paddlewise] Trip report, Sunday April 22.

At 02:55 AM 5/2/01 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote:
>Michael Noyes wrote:
>
>>    Paddling out of the cove we followed the shoreline southward again.
>> We were heading toward the osprey nest.  Unfortunately the osprey did not
>> return to their nest last year.  If anyone knows why I haven’t
>> heard about it.  They weren’t in evidence this year either.  Even
>> the buoys that mark off the keep out area were gone.  Not seeing any
>> osprey or buoys we were able to paddle up close to the base of the tree
>> the nest is in and get a better look.  [snip]
>
>Questions:
>
>1. How come no swimming in the lake?  Is it a source for potable water?

That appears to be an east coast thing.  

Near my house is a decent sized lake, about 8 miles around the edge.  Along
one side
of the lake there is a fairly busy road.   There is no swimming allowed,
and boating is by
permit only.  For boats they only allow canoes and rowboats.   Kayaks are
explicitly disallowed.   Any motorized boats must use electric motors.  The
lake is the
town reservoir.  There is a recent water filtration plant on the lake -
ozone, big carbon filters
etc..   Still the town officials are more afraid of what a little kayak
might put into the
lake than the thousands of cars driving along one shore, or the airport
that has a landing
pattern over the lake (the end of one runway is about 250 yards from the
lake), or the trash incinerator 3/4 of a mile upwind of the lake...

Kirk Olsen
North Andover Mass.


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